On Thursday i took my first deer with the muzzleloader, it was a last minute hunt that came together great. I got out to the Pequest at about 1230, loaded the gun and was about to head out and a few guys pulled up, we talked for a quick minute letting each other know where the other would be to be safe. Got settled into the tree in my climber about 1:00pm. At about 4:00pm i see movement way way off, so i keep my eye out that way, before i know it i see a lone deer heading my way. After about an eternity this doe makes it out to fifty yards munching on the browse...she was standing quartering too, so i settled the crosshairs right on the front shoulder and squeezed one off. The smoked cleared and i see the mad dash the doe was making, front leg broken so i knew it was a good shot, she was down and expired in less then thirty yards....i could see her laying dead from my stand, took a breathe, calmed myself, loaded the gun (didnt prime it) and lowered the gun to the ground....i took the bloodtrail walk even tho i could see her lying because i wanted to see the bloodtrail from the powerbelts because some have told me that they dont leave a good blood trail...well i couldnt even find one little splattter of blood in any part of the woods, and there was plenty of snow on the ground....but the powerbelts still did their job...it was amazing shooting my first deer with the muzzleloader....wasnt the biggest deer but it still was meat in the freezer and meant alt to me...pictures will come when i get home, they are not the best pictures because i was in a rush to leave for maine on an ice fishing trip....i left for maine once i got finished squaring the deer away...the ice fishing in maine was frigid, it was four below when we got onto the ice, but it warmed up once the sun came up....their werent too many fish to be caught but it was still an amazing time with some amazing fellas....it was also my first time in maine, i am still here now, watching the pats game then heading out to some local huntin shops then headed home...so i will probably post some pics tomorrow...but i just had to tell someone my muzzleloading story, i am still excited about it...i havent had all that much time to hunt this year with college and all, so it was been a great winter break for me...
Awesome Last Few Days
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That's the WAY TO DO IT! Congrats![up]
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- thanks for the support and advice, as for the bullets, i originally was using a 233 grain... at the range they worked great out to fifty yards, then once i hit 75 yards their accuracy began to drop, and then once i moved out to 100 yds i could not even hit the paper...i had no idea why this was happening, but then i moved up to a heavier bullet, 295 gr. then i had no accuracy problems what so ever. Then to even make my gun even more accurate i dropped my powder measure...i shoot loose pyrodex....and instead of using 100 grains i began to use 90 grains....and with a rest at 100 yds i put bullets inside of bullets....so here is what i am wondering now after i have shot a deer with this set up....i was thinking that i may up my powder measure to 110 or keeping it at 90 grains and dropping the bullet weight....do you have any thoughts or either of those decisions?
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wow finally figured out how to post pictures! haha here is the picture i said i would post...i didnt have anyone with me to take a picture with me with the deer, but i am looking for the pictures of me with the deer back at my house in the jeep...
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nice! [up] I guess you found out how to post pics
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yeah i did...thanks again bob for telling me how...i tried to find your post on it but i was like screw it, i have dan here, i think the two of us will be able to figure it out from what you told me earlier, and obviously we did haha thanks again man
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